Homeless in Arizona

Maybe somebody should tell Sheila Polk and these other dumb *ss prosecutors that MPP doesn't really want to legalize marijuana.

What MPP wants to do is give a government monopoly to Andrew Myers and the members of his Arizona Dispensary Association to grow and sell recreation marijuana in Arizona. Just like they have for medical marijuana.

Yea, that's the same Andrew Myers who wrote Prop 203, which is Arizona's Medical Marijuana Act.

If this law is like the laws MPP passed in Colorado and Washington, the cops and prosecutors will be still allowed to throw people in prison for growing marijuana (other then Andrew Myers and his buddies at the Arizona Association of Dispensaries), and people that have more then a small amount of marijuana, like an ounce or two.

It's a win/win law for the cops, prosecutors and members of Andrew Myers's Arizona Dispensary Association. And of course the rest of us folks will still get screwed like we get screwed in the current "War on Drugs"

Source

Prosecutors urge others to oppose marijuana

Maribel Castillo, The Republic | azcentral.com 9:17 p.m. MST October 30, 2014

Three of Arizona's top prosecutors are calling for support from political and civic leaders to oppose the legalization of marijuana for recreational use.

Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk, Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery are demanding that state leaders "stand on the side of decreasing drug use among youth," according to a statement released Thursday by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

Representatives of the Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project, which advocates for marijuana legalization and regulation, filed paperwork in September to begin raising funds in Arizona to push for a ballot measure in 2016.

Marijuana Policy Project funded support measures for the passing of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act in 2010, which prosecutors say has increased access to marijuana for underage, illegal users.

Prosecutors point to the 2013 Arizona Youth Survey, which indicated more students have accessed marijuana from medical marijuana cardholders than they did in 2012.

"One in six Arizona high school 12th graders now obtains their illicit marijuana from a cardholder, a jump of 18.8 (percent) from the last survey in 2012," the prosecutors' statement said.

The Marijuana Policy Project of Arizona modeled the initiative on Colorado's voter approved program that allows adults 21 and older to use and possess up to an ounce of the drug.

Voters passed Colorado's Amendment 64 in 2012 with 55 percent of the vote, driven by a campaign that pitched marijuana as a less-harmful alternative to alcohol. The amendment attracted young and new voters while tapping into the electorate's libertarian streak.

Project representatives have said they will pursue full legalization in Arizona in 2016 because marijuana-legalization efforts are more successful during presidential elections, which draw more voters to the polls.

Republic reporter Yvonne Wingett Sanchez contributed to this article.